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I noticed that the article had two sections titled “See Also”, one of which was seemingly intended for the “History” section. Accordingly, I’ve moved it there (and deleted the duplicate “See Also” section).
In addition to moving the content, I’ve lightly edited a few passages, but the structure of the section still feels messy. To my mind, there are two issues here:
Given it is meant to be about the history of fire departments, I see no reason for the section to begin with three photographs of (relatively) modern firefighting crews; and
In any case, I’m not convinced the page needs a section on the history of firefighting, which already has its own
article.
I’ve elected to limit my edits to cleaning up the formatting, but I encourage other editors to consider further, bolder changes.
Foxmilder (
talk)
02:38, 24 July 2023 (UTC)reply
This article is written in
American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other
varieties of English. According to the
relevant style guide, this should not be changed without
broad consensus.
This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following
WikiProjects:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Firefighting, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to
firefighting on Wikipedia! If you would like to participate, please visit the
project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Organizations, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
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I noticed that the article had two sections titled “See Also”, one of which was seemingly intended for the “History” section. Accordingly, I’ve moved it there (and deleted the duplicate “See Also” section).
In addition to moving the content, I’ve lightly edited a few passages, but the structure of the section still feels messy. To my mind, there are two issues here:
Given it is meant to be about the history of fire departments, I see no reason for the section to begin with three photographs of (relatively) modern firefighting crews; and
In any case, I’m not convinced the page needs a section on the history of firefighting, which already has its own
article.
I’ve elected to limit my edits to cleaning up the formatting, but I encourage other editors to consider further, bolder changes.
Foxmilder (
talk)
02:38, 24 July 2023 (UTC)reply